San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-08

10 MINK tEal she SnOula love MIN,
that only few months since he was a
stranger whose name even she had not
heard; now he was the life Of her life,
the centre Of her world, everything else
was blank.
"Oh. loveln cried the girl, show Hove
you. Oh, beautiful sun shine on, for
to-day have learned that which fills
my heart"
She went no further in her thoughts.
She never dreamed that her happiness
was to die as suddenly as il had begun.
She did not ask herself if he loved her.
She felt quite sure of that, and in the
midst of her happiness the memory of
his caresses returned to her to make her
happier still. or. course he loved her
or why those tender words, those ten
der caressesI
She did not think of marriage; she did
not think of the future. of any differ
ance between them in point of rank or
position. IL was a girlish, glorified
dream of love.
To her excited imagination it seemed
that all nature TejOiced with her; the
sunshine said-"YOu love him. the
winds whispered il, every rustic of the
bOughs repeated the words; the trees
seemed to look at her with bright. know
ing eyes, the flowers smiled, everything
seemed to re-echO the words" Y on love
him-you love him. and the guileless
heart caught the words again.
Heaven knows, she said to herself,
solemnly, Il love him more than ! can
tell. ! will give my whole life TO him, ="
and she had no thought that anything
in life could take her from him-nO
thought.
o. ,,-,,,. bnr,, quar- .ba 1.,,. l., l.n
grass, through the clover meadows and
the garden. and the pity was that she
did not fail dead there and then, with
that glimpse OF sunlight i'm her heart.
Home, with new music OH her lips, new
light in her eyes. for she loved him.
and the words seemed to run through
her veins like blood. He was there in
the pretty flower garden. and the music
in his heart must have answered to hers,
for he went to meet her with outstretch-
ed hands.
Il have missed you, Bonnie Doom;
where have you been?' he cried. You
have deserted me for two whole hours. "
He saw something new on her face,
something that had most surely never
been there before, something beautiful,
tremulOus, glad, yet half afraid.
What has come to you. Bonnie
DOOM" he cried, half wondering at the
fair, fatal beauty. They were standing
near the great oak-trees that divided
the meaGOw from the garden-shade
half green. half golden. What has
come to yOu?' he repeated.
She raised her face to his, and their
eyes met.
How il happened neither of them
knew, but the next moment she was in
his arms, her happy face hidden on his
breast.
My darling" he whispered, sweet
Bonnie Doom. my beautiful love"
He was beside himself with the pas
son of the hour, and did not count his
words.
My beautiful love-" he whispered,
and raising the fair. shamed face, he
kissed it; kissed the sweet eyes and the
lips and the rings of golden brown hair.
II was only "a few minutes. and his arms
never held her again. but it seemed to
her that the happiness of a hundred
loves was compressed in that short time.
Death would have been sweet and
merciful just then TO Bonnie Doom.
All the pent-up tone and passion Of a
lifetime seemed to come to him then,
and in that moment the conviction
struck him. He lOrel her. This was
love; he had never kissed Lady May; he
had never even felt the least inclination
to kiss her. but this lovely face, lying
on his quick, beating heart, he could
have kissed and kissed for ever, This
WAS love.
Then he took the fair young face in
his hands and looked at il.
What IS it, my daIling?' he Whis-
hot I,,s. 80,
Il have found something out" she
replied.
His eyes seemed almost to devour her
with Impotence.
You must tell me-" he cried. What
is it. Bonnie DOOM
Let me hide my face before | tell
yOu.' she replied, and he felt the quick
passionate beating of her heart made
her whole frame tremble. He hid her
face by bending his own upon it.
Tell me. my darling" he whispered,
''what have you found OutT'
That ! love yOu.' she said: all the
innocent love and perfect trust of her
heart coming into her eyes as she spoke.
He looked at her and seemed to lose
himself. Il did not know" she went
on in her sweet low voice. something
quite strange and beautiful has come
into my life, and have only just found
out that it is love of yOu.'
He could only clasp her more loving
ly, and murmur that she was the dear
est. the sweetest, and the best, that
there was none like her, none 50 fair,
none so loving. He was so profoundly
touched with her innocent love. her in
nOcent faith. that the tears came to his
eyes.
II am so happy" said the sweet voice.
II am not quite sure that it can all be
real. 1t is like the beautiful dreams
that come to people when they sleep
amongst roses. LIT me say it to you
just once" she added, shyly-"Only
once. Let me say, oh, my love, how |
love yOu.'n
She laid her arms round his neck.
Say that again, Bonnie Doom he
whispered.
Love! my love, how | love you!" she
sad, and the sound of those words went
down TO the grave with him.
How beau .iful it was,-the fresh. ten
der, sweet love of hers. He kissed her,
and thanked her,-he called her by every
sweet and beautiful name he could in
vent. An hour had passed, and she
was still in trance of delight. II dur
ing that hour she was more candid III
admitting her love than some girls
would have been, who shall blame her?
1t was the only real happy hour of her
life.
She disengaged herself from the clasp
of his arms, and tried to steady herself.
She smiled as she said to him.
Il have such strange. daZed sensa-
ton. | feel as though the sunshine
Xera all rOund mo I mUSt 90. | have